Tarragona, Spain, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia and Samsung Electronics have announced a strategic partnership to integrate Samsung’s AI-powered Internet of Things (IoT) platform, SmartThings Pro, into Kia’s purpose-built vehicles (PBVs). The collaboration, unveiled at the 2025 Kia EV Day event in Tarragona, Spain, on February 24, aims to enhance business automation for commercial [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics announced on Monday that its Internet of Things (IoT) platform, SmartThings, has surpassed 20 million users in South Korea, driven by the rapid growth in artificial intelligence (AI) appliance sales and enhanced platform features in 2024. SmartThings has become a critical hub for managing Samsung’s AI-enabled appliances, which [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics has announced a strategic partnership with IKEA to integrate the Swedish furniture giant’s smart home devices into Samsung’s SmartThings ecosystem, marking a significant step towards a more unified smart home experience. According to Samsung’s newsroom on September 22, this collaboration will enable users to control IKEA’s smart devices, [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics and Tesla have officially rolled out their jointly developed energy management service, marking a significant step in smart home technology integration. As of late last month, Tesla users in the United States can now utilize Samsung’s SmartThings Energy platform to monitor their Tesla solar panel power production, remaining [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study conducted by Samsung Electronics highlights the significant amount of time Europeans spend contemplating household tasks, amounting to approximately 86% of the actual time dedicated to performing these chores. The survey, which involved 6,066 participants from countries including the U.K., France, Germany, Spain, Italy, and Poland, revealed that [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday that the number of home electronics devices worldwide connected to its SmartThings platform had exceeded the 10 million milestone as of Sept. 12. SmartThings, released in 2018, is a smart home platform that connects a wide range of Samsung home appliances through Internet of [...]
BERLIN, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. will work toward popularizing its home automation platform this year, in a bid to help provide a connected and sustainable home life, its top executive has said. “For Samsung to grow together with the young generations, it should offer them sustainable experience, let alone technological innovations,” [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s SmartThings, a software platform that connects and controls devices, will enable the control of home appliances from major global brands worldwide simply through a single app. Samsung Electronics announced on Wednesday that it will demonstrate the Home Connectivity Alliance (HCA) at IFA 2022 scheduled that kicks [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics, Korea’s top tech giant, is set to introduce a device promising a better sleep at the forthcoming IFA 2015 to be held in Berlin, Germany, on September 4. Samsung’s SLEEPsense connects to the Internet and home appliances to provide a better environment for sleeping, by analyzing the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics, which faces worries of poor sales in its smartphone business unit, has executed a total of 10 mergers and acquisitions since last year. The moves hint that Samsung is changing its management strategies after vice-chairperson Lee Jae-yong, the son of the ailing chairman Lee Kun-hee, came to [...]